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packer

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pack·er  (pkr)
n.
1. One that packs: a packer of boxes in a warehouse.
2. One whose occupation is the processing and packing of wholesale goods, usually meat products: meat packers.

packer [ˈpækə]
n
1. (Business / Commerce) a person or company whose business is to pack goods, esp food a meat packer
2. a person or machine that packs
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.packerpacker - a workman employed to pack things into containers
working man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
2.packerpacker - a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
jobber, middleman, wholesaler - someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
3.packerpacker - a hiker who wears a backpack        
hiker, tramper, tramp - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
Translations
packer [ˈpækəʳ] Nempacador(a) m/f
packer [ˈpækər] n
(= person) → emballeur/euse m/f, conditionneur/euse m/f
(= company) → conditionneur m
packer
nPacker(in) m(f); he’s a very untidy packerer packt sehr unordentlich
packer [ˈpækəʳ] n (person) → imballatore/trice; (machine) → imballatrice f
packer [ˈpækəʳ] n (person) → imballatore/trice; (machine) → imballatrice f


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" At the close of the day's work the boss of the packers would come around and put "18" on each of our barrels, and I soon learned to recognize that figure wherever I saw it, and after a while got to the point where I could make that figure, though I knew nothing about any other figures or letters.
When George is hanged, Harris will be the worst packer in this world; and I looked at the piles of plates and cups, and kettles, and bottles and jars, and pies, and stoves, and cakes, and tomatoes, &c.
You're a pretty quick packer, I hope,' said Mr Boffin; 'because the sooner you are gone, bag and baggage, the better for all parties.
 
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